Friday, May 6

Back to School: A Review of Four Fast-Moving Fields

Sponsored by the AAI Program Committee

Chairs

• Cathryn R. Nagler, Univ. of Chicago, AAI Program Committee Chair
• Gianna E. Hammer, Duke Univ.

Speakers

• Sarah L. Gaffen, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Epitranscriptomics
• Shane Crotty, La Jolla Inst. for Immunology, Cellular responses to mRNA vaccines
• Shruti Naik, New York Univ. Grossman Sch. of Med., Trained immunity
• Amber M. Smith, Univ. of Tennessee Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Modeling: what it can do for you

Block Symposia

• Antigen Processing and Presentation I

   Room A107–109

• HSCs and Myelopoiesis

   Room B117–119

• Immune-Based Therapeutics for Neurological Disease

   Room B113–116

• Immunoregulation—General

   Room C123–124

• Immunoregulation—Mechanism of Action

   Room A105–106

• Memory T Cell Differentiation, Function, and Maintenance

   Oregon Ballroom 202

• Pulmonary, Vasculature, and Skin Immunity

   Room B110–112

• Tumor Immunotherapy (TI1)

   Oregon Ballroom 203

• Vaccines and Immunobiologics against Viruses

   Oregon Ballroom 201

New Member Reception

Sponsored by the AAI Membership Committee

By invitation only

AAI President’s Address

Generously supported by 10x Genomics

Gary A. Koretzky
Cornell Univ. and Weill Cornell Med., AAI President (2021–2022)
Immunology: Building on the Past to Meet the Moment  

Arthur Weiss
HHMI, Univ. of California, San Francisco
Introduction

AAI Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

Chair

• Gary A. Koretzky, Cornell Univ. and Weill Cornell Med., AAI President (2021–2022)

Award Recipient

Arlene H. Sharpe
Harvard Med. Sch.

AAI President Gary A. Koretzky will introduce the awardee and present the award prior to the start of the President's Address.

The AAI Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the AAI Council upon an AAI member. This award recognizes a deserving member for a career of scientific achievement and for contributions to AAI and fellow immunologists.

Distinguished Fellows of AAI Class of 2022 Acknowledgment

Chair

• Gary A. Koretzky, Cornell Univ. and Weill Cornell Med., AAI President (2021–2022)

The Distinguished Fellows of AAI annually recognizes members for distinguished careers and outstanding scientific contributions as well as their service to AAI and the immunology community. It honors active, long-term members (25 or more years) who have demonstrated one or more of the following: excellence in research accomplishment in the field of immunology; exceptional leadership to the immunology community in academia, foundations, nonprofits, industry, or government at a national or international level; notable distinction as an educator.

Meet the Distinguished Fellows of AAI Class of 2022.

AAI President Gary A. Koretzky will acknowledge the honorees prior to the start of the President's Address.

Welcome Back! Reception

Join us at the opening night Welcome Back Reception to celebrate the start of IMMUNOLOGY2022™! Come directly from the President’s Address to a lineup of Portland’s world-famous food trucks just outside the Convention Center, featuring cuisines for every taste. Reunite with friends, make new acquaintances, and plan your week. One complimentary drink ticket is included in your registration. Delicious and different!

Registered attendees only. Attendees must be 21 years of age or older.